Java Text File Read Line readLines(File file)

Description

Reads the whole lines from a file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	the file

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

the lines

Declaration

public static String readLines(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads the whole lines from a file.
     * @param file the file
     * @return the lines
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String readLines(File file) throws IOException {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
        try {
            String line = "";
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                sb.append(line);
            }
        } finally {
            if (br != null) {
                br.close();
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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